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Nokia to rely on top position to weather crisis

By Andrew Parker

Published: January 1 2009 22:33 | Last updated: January 1 2009 22:33

Nokia is looking bruised. In November, the world’s largest mobile phone maker issued a profit warning for the fourth quarter after seeing a sharp cutback in spending by consumers on handsets.

The Finnish company had already shocked investors in September by revealing its market share of mobile sales would fall in the third quarter, partly because of aggressive price-cutting by competitors. It was the first year-on-year decline in three-and-a-half years.

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